VICTORVILLE >> A Victorville man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of killing his mother, officials said Sunday.

Investigators don’t yet know what 35-year-old Jonathan Moises Castellon’s motive may have been, San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials said in a news release.

Deputies responded just after 11 a.m. Saturday to a report of a disturbance at a home in the 11700 block of Cliffwood Street, where Castellon lived with his mother, Ruth Delacruz Castellon, 57, the release said.

Ruth Castellon was found dead inside. The release did not address how she died. Jonathan Castellon was in the backyard “with apparent blood on his feet and clothing,” the news release said.

Deputies detained him for questioning, then booked him into jail on suspicion of murder.

He remained in custody Sunday at the Adelanto Detention Center and is ineligible for bail, online jail records show.

Ali Tadayon primarily covers crime in western Riverside County for the Southern California News Group. Tadayon joined the Press-Enterprise breaking news team in 2015, after working as the cops and courts reporter for the Post-Register in Idaho Falls, Idaho. A Southern California native, Tadayon spends his free time surfing, hiking, and hanging out with his blue heeler. Tadayon graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2013 with a Journalism degree.

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